Caterpillars
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Rhonda B on Sep 19, 2014They are Monarch caterpillars:-))1 marked as helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Sep 20, 2014Yes they are, and it looks like they are right where they should be: on your butterfly weed.Helpful Reply
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Carol S on Sep 21, 2014Lucky you!Helpful Reply
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Leza on Sep 21, 2014Yup, Monarch cats! :-) Butterfly weed (aka Orange Glory) is in the Milkweed family. :-)Helpful Reply
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Tina Krenz on Sep 21, 2014Do they also attract wasps too, because all of a sudden, ( and this is the first time I ever had wasps on butterfly weed plant), wasps seem to be coming to the plant. Will they hurt the caterpillars?Helpful Reply
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Chris aka monkey on Sep 21, 2014@Tina Krenz if you are afraid for them you can bring them in a finish raising them go to save the monarchs for info it is easy xxHelpful Reply
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Mary Jayne Ewen on Jan 15, 2015@Tina Krenz - re wasps on butterfly weed. Actually, one year I had several Monarch cats and when they went into the pupa stage, they shriveled up and died. I was told it was because of a (wasp) parasite which laid eggs in the cat..........I felt so badly for them. But as my children would say to me, "Mom, it's the circle of life"! Chances are that if the wasps are there, they've already laid their eggs, and you won't even know until they pupate :( Mary JayneHelpful Reply
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Capernius on Jan 28, 2016SOME, not all but some, wasps will use cats for laying their eggs on... when the eggs hatch, they have an instant meal...IE: the caterpillar again I stress, SOME will bit not all. as someone said, you can remove the cats from the plant, put them in a box, an aquarium, a bug house, etc., and then cut lots of milk weed leaves to feed the cats. Because of the Monarch butterfly population is dropping to record numbers, the more you save the better.Helpful Reply
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